I had an e6600. Ran like a champ. Gave it to my brother. He now uses it in his recording studio. I don't have a spare chip to offer the OP, nor am I bidding on any chip for sale. I just wanted to share this useless info, with hopes of making a friend.

It has HyperThreading, so at least it's not a complete loss. Still not a first-pick gaming chip though.

I installed fedora 16 and tried running minecraft on it, and it was pretty bad The stock intel cooler couldn't keep it from operating below thermal meltdown temperatures so I had to strap a 120mm fan on it.

I installed fedora 16 and tried running minecraft on it, and it was pretty bad The stock intel cooler couldn't keep it from operating below thermal meltdown temperatures so I had to strap a 120mm fan on it.

baw, thought this was for shitty one or two core processors since I have two of those laying around doing nothing useful (which is the same they did when they were in my computer)
If anyone wants them they're a core2duo 1.6ghz E2140 and some random 2.66ghz single core Celeron D.

baw, thought this was for shitty one or two core processors since I have two of those laying around doing nothing useful (which is the same they did when they were in my computer)
If anyone wants them they're a core2duo 1.6ghz E2140 and some random 2.66ghz single core Celeron D.

None were able to get the CPU under 90C idle on a stock Intel cooler, or a Mass Cool with a 140mm fan. None were able to get it under 60C idle with the Asus V60. The former two heatsinks would have the machine shut down if any sort of load was applied.

None were able to get the CPU under 90C idle on a stock Intel cooler, or a Mass Cool with a 140mm fan. None were able to get it under 60C idle with the Asus V60. The former two heatsinks would have the machine shut down if any sort of load was applied.

Pentium Ds are really awful processors.

I got a Pentium D 820 for my mom's PC, which runs at 37 degrees idle. It has the old Celeron D heatsink with some crappy paste that I bought off ebay for $1.50 in a 30g tube.